Profile of Alison Diana

Senior Editor News & Commentary Posts: 40

Alison Diana has written about technology and business for more than 20 years. She was editor, contributors, at Internet Evolution; editor-in-chief of 21st Century IT; and managing editor, sections, at CRN. She has also written for eWeek, Baseline Magazine, Redmond Channel Partner, ZDE's custom group, and CIO Insight, as well as many of the industry's leading vendors and channel organizations. Alison, who lives in Central Florida, is an avid Yankees fan. She enjoys rooting on her daughter's travel softball team and reading mysteries. She can be reached on Twitter at @alisoncdiana; on LinkedIn at AlisonDiana, or Google+.

Air Force Seeks Fake Online Social Media Identities

2/22/2011
The military has issued a request for bids on software to let it spread messages and make online friends using non-existent identities on social media sites.
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Internet 'Do Not Track' Bill Introduced In Congress

2/14/2011
Proposed legislation is designed to protect Web users' privacy, prevent advertisers from monitoring online usage.
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Trend Micro Unveils IBM Security Suite

1/31/2011
ScanMail Suite for 64-bit Lotus Domino platforms uses a cloud-based database to detect threats, including those generated by URL-shortening services recently linked to the spread of malware.
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Facebook Pushes Updated Profile To All Users

1/11/2011
Some accountholders object to adopting the new design, which was launched in December.
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Google Prepping Retail Mobile Payment Service

1/4/2011
The service, based on near-field communication, would allow consumers to wave smartphones to pay for goods, use discount codes, say reports.
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HTC HD2 Hacked To Run MeeGo Linux

1/3/2011
Developer Steven Troughton-Smith ported the open source operating system to the Windows Mobile smartphone.
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Trojan Targeting Android Phones

12/30/2010
Geinimi malware displaying botnet characteristics can compromise a significant amount of information on a user's smartphone.
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Facebook Value Leaps 56% To $41.2 Billion

12/28/2010
The social media giant led strong gains among privately held social media companies, including Groupon, Zynga, and Twitter, in the second half of 2010, finds analyst study.
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Facebook Testing Newsfeed Filter Options

12/22/2010
Social media site testing an enhancement to allow users to customize the information they see.
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Facebook Christmas Tree Virus Hoax Spreading

11/24/2010
Fake malware warnings multiplying faster than actual threats, says Sophos' Graham Cluley.
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Police Recruits Screened For Social Media Personas

11/12/2010
Some law enforcement agencies demand passwords, text messages and identities as part of the hiring process.
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Google, Facebook Wrangle Over Data Sharing

11/10/2010
Facebook engineer criticizes Google's decision to change the terms of service of its contact sharing API.
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Facebook Wins Second News Feed Patent

11/5/2010
Filed in 2006, patent relates to creating users' personalized stories.
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European Union To Update Privacy Laws

11/4/2010
Google Street View, Facebook breaches prompt review of consumer protection, with goal to roll out regulations in 2011.
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MeeGo 1.1 Released To Developers

10/29/2010
Linux-based mobile OS allows software creation on Intel Atom and ARMv7 architectures.
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MySpace Sharing User Info With Advertisers

10/25/2010
Days after Facebook disclosure, the second largest social media site is found committing the same privacy breach.
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Americans Ignoring Social Media Privacy Risks

10/25/2010
Users are worried about the dangers of disclosing personal information on Facebook and other sites, but they do it anyway, finds Lawyers.com study.
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Congressmen Poke Facebook Over Privacy Breaches

10/19/2010
Reps. Markey, Barton demand answers on what the social network knew about unauthorized disclosure of user ID numbers and what it plans to do about it.
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Facebook Restores Lolapps After Privacy Breach Closed

10/18/2010
Social network games were shuttered over the weekend after the developer was charged with unauthorized sharing of user information.
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Online Advertising Hits Double Digit Growth

10/13/2010
Revenue climbs to $12 billion for first half of 2010, sets half-year record for Internet ad sales.
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Twitter Expects To Reach 1 Billion Users

10/12/2010
Facebook has set the same goal of achieving a billion users, but has a large head start on the microblogging site.
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Cryptome Hack Under Investigation

10/7/2010
Whistleblowing site's founder claims attacker was retaliating against posting of sensitive documents.
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KT Launches Large Scale Private Cloud

10/4/2010
Leading Korean telecom partners with Cloudscaling to develop platform for data-intensive mobile services.
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Disney Introduces Social Media Site

9/24/2010
Let The Memories Begin offers guests a site to share photo, video or text memories and allows Disney to use the content in advertising and marketing.
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Red Hat Boasts 20% Gain In 2Q Earnings

9/23/2010
Strong renewals, new project spending, expansion, and cross-selling credited for rise in revenue over 2009.
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Piracy Activists Attack Entertainment Industry Sites

9/20/2010
Distributed denial of service strikes hit Motion Picture Association of America, Recording Industry Association of America over the weekend.
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Turnkey Linux Intros Amazon S3 Powered Backup

9/9/2010
Open source facility also acts as a migration mechanism to quickly move or copy fully working systems in the cloud.
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E-mail Causes Most Enterprise Data Loss

8/30/2010
Breaches associated with social media, video sharing, blogs are also on the rise, finds Proofpoint study.
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Facebook Clickjacking Attack Spreading Through Share Button

8/18/2010
"Funny T-Shirt Fails" scam costs victims a $5 weekly charge on their cell phone bill, finds Sophos.
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Google Cleared Of UK Street View Privacy Breach

7/30/2010
"Meaningful personal details" weren't disclosed when Google's cars collected publicly broadcast Wi-Fi network names and MAC addresses, finds British government authorities.
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LinkedIn Valued At $2.26 Billion

7/28/2010
Business networking site's value has more than doubled in two years.
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Employees Flout Social Network Security Policies

7/23/2010
Many people admit changing settings on business devices to access prohibited sites from the workplace, finds Cisco.
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Facebook Sued Over Privacy

7/8/2010
German agency launched legal action against the social network for storing non-users' personal data gleaned through its address book sync feature.
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Twitter Launches Earlybird Ads

7/7/2010
Advertisers can pay to post discounts on products and services on the microblogging site's bargain hunting feed.
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Most See Internet As Positive Social Force

7/6/2010
In spite of security, privacy, and other concerns, 85% believe that the Web has and will continue to enrich their personal relationships, according to a Pew study.
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Social Networking Bill Of Rights Released

6/23/2010
Privacy advocates seek comments on a 14-point plan for protecting users' personal information online.
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Privacy Groups Push More Changes To Facebook

6/17/2010
While acknowledging recent revisions to the social network, 10 advocacy groups say the site hasn't gone far enough to protect users' privacy.
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Twitter Suffers Disruptions, Adds Places

6/15/2010
Amid ongoing performance issues, the microblogging service adds location information to tweets.
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Quit Facebook Day A Bust

6/1/2010
Fewer than 40,000 account holders, citing privacy and other concerns, pledged to drop the social networking site.
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Facebook Adds Two Privacy Tools

5/14/2010
Both tools have to do with stopping unknown devices from logging in to a user's Facebook account.
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